"Oh—so even you were suspected? Even you, who has no interest in anything besides Sakayanagi's and Shiina's underwear, got suspected!"
"I don't deny that part, but don't put it so horribly."
On the fifth night, Hashimoto and I were fishing by the nighttime sea and chatting.
"You actually don't deny it? You really are a closet pervert."
"Shut up. More importantly, has anything happened on your end?"
"Nothing at all. Katsuragi is boring as hell, and he keeps pushing troublesome stuff like monitoring outposts onto the Sakanayanagi Faction."
That was only natural. To the Katsuragi Faction, the members of the Sakanayanagi Faction were thorns in their sides. But...
"From the looks of it, you never even considered that an officer of the Sakanayanagi Faction might betray you, did you?"
The Sakanayanagi Faction was not pursuing victory in this exam. Rather, they were trying to deal the Katsuragi Faction a devastating blow through a crushing defeat. Although Katsuragi had joined forces with an enemy faction, he likely never imagined his own classmates would openly betray him.
"Yeah. But it'll be trouble if anyone finds out we've been meeting in secret."
"We can just insist it's a gathering of friends unrelated to our classes."
"True... Ah, that's the third one."
"Seriously? Hikigaya, you're having good luck today."
Even so, we had already eaten dinner, so anything we caught had to be released.
"Oh, right. I broke the shower equipment like we agreed, so let me hang out in your room during summer vacation."
"Masumi told me. Do whatever you want."
At my answer, Hashimoto wore a puzzled expression. What was that reaction supposed to mean?
"Huh? Since when have you been calling Kamuro by her first name?"
"Today."
Since I figured it was similar to the situation with Hiyori and Arisu, I